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New Delhi, August 13
In a reversal of its earlier stand, the Sri Lankan authorities has allowed a Chinese analysis ship to dock on the Hambantota port from August 16 to 22. Analysts consider the Yuan Wang 5’s monitoring programs and surveillance gear can be utilized to scan India’s coastal defence services.
Meanwhile, denied permission to dock in Bangladesh, newly commissioned Pakistani warship PNS Taimur arrived on the Colombo port and can conduct a joint train with the Sri Lankan Navy on August 15.
A confrontation had ensued between New Delhi and Beijing after new President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry requested the Chinese embassy in Colombo final week to postpone the go to of the vessel. He was reversing the permission granted for the docking of the Chinese ship by then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa a day earlier than he fled Sri Lanka. A spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry mentioned it was “completely unjustified for certain countries to cite the so-called security concerns to pressure Sri Lanka”. Responding to the Chinese spokesperson’s remarks, Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, had on Friday rejected the insinuations, saying : “Sri Lanka is a sovereign country and makes its own independent decisions.”
Asked if the arrival of the ship within the neighborhood of the Indian coast affected the nation’s safety, Bagchi mentioned, “We will make the best judgment in our own interests. This naturally takes into account the prevailing situation in the region, especially in our border areas. In the context of India and China, we have consistently maintained the necessity of mutual respect, mutual sensitivity, and mutual interest as the basis of development of ties.”
Concern for India
Yuan Wang 5 has monitoring programs and surveillance gear. Analysts consider these can be utilized to scan India’s coastal defence services
Reiterate assist: China to India
China on Saturday known as for India to reiterate its assist for the “one-China” coverage within the backdrop of the disaster in Taiwan Strait, a day after New Delhi instructed that there was no want for any “reiteration” on it.
My understanding is that India’s stand on ‘one-China’ coverage has not modified…We hope that India can reiterate assist for the ‘one-China’ precept. — Sun Weidong, Chinese envoy
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